Rolls-Royce unveils 1-of-5 Black Badge Cullinan by Cyril Kongo with interiors that are literally a work of art

This one-of-five Black Badge Cullinan from Rolls-Royce is decked out with Cyril Kongo interiors that are literal works of art.

Each car will be decorated in the style of the ‘Kongoverse’ – a mix of fantasy, mathematics, atoms, planets, and pyramids.

It’s just as wondrous as it sounds.

And when you see what these interiors look like, you’ll be wishing there was more than five of these Cullinans going out into the world.

Cyril Kongo has worked his magic on this Black Badge Cullinan

Cyril Kongo is a French painter and graffiti artist, who has worked on various projects over the years from the Chanel Metropolitan Museum of Art show to collaborating with Airbus on a private jet.

Now he’s turned his artistic outlook towards a line-up of five Rolls-Royce Cullinans.

And suffice to say, he has completely transformed the interiors of each of these cars.

He’s created a whole new universe inside each of these vehicles, in what he has termed the ‘Kongoverse’.

“It is a place of fantasy, mathematical formulas, symbols, pyramids, atoms and imagined planets,” Kongo said.

“Rolls-Royce welcomed these ideas and gave them form – that’s what made it special.

“It was a conversation, using my visual language and Rolls-Royce’s way of making, with the motor car itself as the canvas. To bring that to life in collaboration with the brand’s artisans has been an extraordinary experience.”

It’s evident that Rolls-Royce wholeheartedly embraced his artistic vision.

“[Kongo’s] expressive, uncompromising style resonated perfectly with the spirit of Black Badge,” Domagoj Dukec, the Director of Design at Rolls-Royce, said.

“Each of these five Black Badge Cullinan Private Commissions is a unique work of art in its own right, and represents the complete fusion of two unmistakable creative worlds.”

Kongo’s art adorns virtually every aspect of the interior, from the Starlight Headliner to the rear seats.

In a vision shaped by ‘destiny, imagination, and the power of individuality’, Kongo’s art brings stars, symbols, and planets to the interior in a truly immersive way.

And don’t think that this whole experience was simply a case of Kongo showing up one day to do his work and heading home.

“The way we worked together with Cyril Kongo was unprecedented,” Phil Fabre de la Grange, the Head of Bespoke at Rolls-Royce, said.

“Six months before production began, we brought him to the Home of Rolls-Royce at Goodwood and immersed him in our world, meeting our specialists and craftspeople, sharing our tools and techniques, and placing our full paint palette at his disposal.

“When we came to co-create the motor cars, we set up dedicated workspaces within our Bespoke facilities, where Cyril and our specialists worked hand-in-hand, integrating his artistic language into each element.

“The collaboration fostered a continuous exchange of ideas and a shared spirit of curiosity and creative confidence. This fully embedded, in-house approach gave Cyril the freedom to explore his vision in the moment, true to the spontaneous nature of his art.”

Rolls-Royce always delivers a world-class car

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen the worlds of art and cars blend together.

Whether it’s an abandoned Porsche 911 with stained glass windows or a Lamborghini Gallardo scratched up for the sake of art, these two worlds have crossed paths plenty of times.

But there’s just something about a Rolls-Royce that lends itself so beautifully to artistic expression.

One need only take a look inside Michael Jackson’s Rolls-Royce limo for proof of that.

But these Cullinans are something else.

More than 70 paint colors were prepared to give Kongo free rein in his work.

All in all, 1,344 stars were painted across the cars.

As a final touch, Kongo left his signature tag embroidered into the leather lining of the sun visor and inside the luggage compartment lid.

All five of these cars will be allocated to collectors around the world, and they’re just about the luckiest collectors that we know of.